USS LST-917

USS LST-917 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

USS LST-917, LST-277, LST-461 and LST-571 beached while unloading across pontoon causeways probably at Lingayen Gulf, c. January 1945.
History
United States
Name: LST-917
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3387[1]
Laid down: 31 March 1944
Launched: 6 May 1944
Commissioned: 28 May 1944
Decommissioned: 24 May 1946
Stricken: 3 July 1946
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 5 × battle star
Fate: sold for scrapping, 25 November 1948
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
  • 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light)
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load)
  • 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length: 328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft:
  • Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
  • Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
  • Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
  • Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Range: 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2 x LCVPs
Capacity: 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops: 16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement: 13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:
Service record
Part of: LST Flotilla 14
Operations:
Awards:

Construction

LST-917 was laid down on 31 March 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 6 May 1944; and commissioned on 28 May 1944,[3] with Lieutenant Virgil N. Robinson, USNR, in command.[2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-917 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Leyte landings in October 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945; the Morotai landing in December 1944 and January 1945; the Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines, the Mindanao Island landings in January 1945; and the Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in March and April 1945.[3]

Following the war, LST-917 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 24 May 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 3 July, that same year. On 19 May 1948, the ship was sold to Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, for scrapping.[3]

Awards

LST-917 earned five battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.
    2. Navsource 2015.
    3. DANFS.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-917". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 20 May 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-917". Navsource.org. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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